The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25
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sleep better In Utah than the average |,
man else where; in brief, while We can |
not exactly subsist and live upon 'rari- !
fed air and hope,' we do claiui that I'M
der the stimulus of local conditions of
climate, ETC., We can return-other
things being equal-In thought and
force, more ana better work than the
average of mankind In less fortunately
endowed localities"
I'VE LIVE IN NATURES sANIrARIUA;
we are subjected to healthfuI influences,
we dwell under cloudIess SKY. In the
locali5ation of the most favorable eli
matte properties ryness. coo ness and
diottermaneg OF the atmosphere, we md
the Ideal climate. - ia,
The effect of our local climate upon
diseases in g. neral Is modifying. The
summer heat is i.UL debllitating, the dry
pure air, aud the cool invisorating
nights enable patients to Withstand the
shock of surgical operations that could
not often be safely ATTEMPTED in humid
chimes. Indeed. we as people-a CON-
| munity at large, can retire to refreshing
sleep, TO waken with renewed lite anu
energy to begin another day prepared
for the grand struggle for subsistence
| The people of Utah-tO the manor born
are as robust and long-IIved as any in
| the void. No city that we are aware
OF excels Salt Lake City in the matter OF
| ma urai adv ntages for the physical
weii-being of its citizens. From ocean
| to oCeanno city that we are aware of
has been dealt with more kindly by
nature. We have great inlano sea
| rolling at our feet, possessing inheren'
virtues in its waters essentially tonic
and iuVigoratipg to the general system
We have tnerm Al springs IN the suburns
of varying degrees of temperature ana
of varied properties. We have the sun
shine peculiar to q dry climate and We
thrive upon 1t 1t is an old Dutcn
J provero that paint costs nothing such
are its preserving qualities IN dump CHI
| mates: well, sunshine as IL comes 10 us
through clear, pure atmosphere and
l.from ctoudless sky costs less and is OF
| finer pigm Mt; 1t reflects cheeTfulness
and makes the world smile and those
SO fortunate as to be subjected TO its be-
nign influences we'll and happyi What
more could ustlre dofor us" ~
Some travellers have 5ten so enthusi-
astiC OF our climGte as to declare That
they have founu here the most unique
and wonderful climate on the face of
tthe globe" However this may os, We
are well satisfied with what we know il
| to be, and have faith that tue world be
fore long will be glad to recognize its
remarkable qualities.
salt Lake City has been Icing noted
for The
SIMPLICITY AND REGULARITY
with which IL is laid out. Its streets
are wide and straight, and when the
time comes that these are lined with
| massive buildings Salt LAKE will know
nothing OF irreguiarity an lack of air.
The BLOCKS ia the main part are forty
rods SOU re, Rerhsps 100 large for buSi-
| ness purposes; but 1t is more than
| probable that ere long these will he cuI
in two by streets running north an0
south. which will then render them OF
the utmost convenience. The blocks IN
/ ths north cas- ern part OF town are our
| twenty rods square. The chief portion
| Ot the city lies on level ground and all
ia a1l, the engineering difficulties 20 b.
! met with in laying street railroads, 'etc
are reduced to a mIRtuunl. Gar town
is not so con pacuy oa.it as are most
cities east and west of us, covering
somewhere in he neigkborheod of nine
! square miles; hu. tue EIHTe CENTRAL por-
! ton IS now rapidly building up. and in
! the past few years, soyue very fine bust
! ness blocks have been ereeged. so thai
| the town of1EttlCi;ig 10 assume qn,te a
| metropolitan g r I've: features of the
| city haTe. tet-:t-$,retiiv admired by Visi-
| tors, tie luxuTiaut shade trees which
| line our sidewalks, and the streams of
clear water running through the streets.
1t will go without saying that our crit
] Zens gene rally. prize these possessions
| even more thEu.do passing strangers.
| For city to be truly prosperous it
must be provided with modern convent
eneeS. In the possession of
FINE WATER -eYsTKM
salt Lake Is fortunate beyond most
cities; and what renders it all the bel
ter for the people, it il owned by the
city itself. In a dry climate like this
where there is comparatively tile rain
| ia the summer time. the water question
| is the greatest to be solved, as the
| amount per capita is vastly In excess OF
the average. In the summer, Wen
lawns. etc., must be sprinkled. between
ihs Aoars Of 8 and 10 am. there are
/ 35.ol9 gallons taken from the mains
every ten minutes; and when it Is re-
| meInbered that the city contains only
about 80 ,00o people. it will immediately
be seen how large the amount per cap
! ita is. But the water supply is now
| ample for some time to come. The i'm
proponents recently made at cost of
| about $40 600 have given water TO the
north 7essterR part OF the city, portion
hitherto without it, so thai. practically,
| the whole CITY may be supplied from
the mans rais entire system has cost
about S325. zoe Being operated purely
by gra'i.y, IL is ms 5act Nat renders 1t
so SIM ole and etffcti.e. At the Eagle
Gate tsse psessure IS saghty-s!x pounds
to the square inch, sufficient to throw
water over the highes. building in town,
so. in case of fir water may be drawn
tdirect!y fre'u She nFdTauts. The total
length Of the W'L:er tGains is aeOut
twenty Riilcs and the following sized
piDea are used rs occasion requires; 80
"a, %, 10. r. 10, d 1 and inch.
There are 100 fire hydtanas and about
On Wala- 0otea There ara INA eprVicn